वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-66, verse-16

तदर्थोपहितं वाक्यं प्रश्रितं हेतुसंहितम् ।
निशम्याहं ततः शेषं वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रुवम् ॥१६॥

16. tadarthopahitaṃ vākyaṃ praśritaṃ hetusaṃhitam ,
niśamyāhaṃ tataḥ śeṣaṃ vākyamuttaramabruvam.

16. tadarthopahitam vākyam praśritam hetusaṃhitam
niśamya aham tataḥ śeṣam vākyam uttaram abruvam

16. tadarthopahitam praśritam hetusaṃhitam vākyam niśamya,
aham tataḥ śeṣam uttaram vākyam abruvam

16. Having heard that statement—which was meaningful, humble, and logically coherent—I then spoke the remaining, subsequent words.

Words meanings summery:

• तदर्थोपहितम् (tadarthopahitam) - meaningful (referring to Sītā's previous statement) (endowed with that meaning/purpose, meaningful)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

• प्रश्रितम् (praśritam) - humble, modest, polite

• हेतुसंहितम् (hetusaṁhitam) - connected with reasons, logical, coherent

• निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard, having perceived, having understood

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• शेषम् (śeṣam) - remaining, residual, rest

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - subsequent, answer, later

• अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I spoke, I said

Words meanings and morphology

तदर्थोपहितम् (tadarthopahitam) - meaningful (referring to Sītā's previous statement) (endowed with that meaning/purpose, meaningful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tadarthopahita

tadarthopahita - endowed with that meaning, meaningful, purposed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+artha+upahita)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
  Demonstrative pronoun
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)
• upahita – placed, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √dhā (to place, put) with prefix upa-
  Prefix: upa
  Root: dhā (class 3)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

प्रश्रितम् (praśritam) - humble, modest, polite

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of praśrita

praśrita - humble, modest, polite, respectful, bowed down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śri (to resort to, lean on) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: śri (class 1)

हेतुसंहितम् (hetusaṁhitam) - connected with reasons, logical, coherent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hetusaṃhita

hetusaṁhita - connected with reasons, coherent with cause, logical

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hetu+saṃhita)

• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)
• saṃhita – joined, connected, combined, coherent
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √dhā (to place, put) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard, having perceived, having understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root √śam (to be calm) in its causative form, with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: śam (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular nominative pronoun

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

शेषम् (śeṣam) - remaining, residual, rest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, residue, remaining, rest

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - subsequent, answer, later

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - later, subsequent, upper, north, answer

अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I spoke, I said

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

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